3A product of two cultures and academic worlds--Indian and American--Dr. Satyam Sikha Moorty (S.S. Moorty) taught literature courses for thirty-one years at Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah, U.S.A. Award-winning essayist, poet, scholar, and editor, Dr. Moorty was a Fulbright Professor/Specialist in Moldova (thrice), Austria, Azerbaijan, and Yemen, and a Balkan Scholar in Bulgaria. He published his poetry in the U.S., India, England, South Africa, Canada, and Moldova. He has published two books: 1) "Distant Lands, Diverse Cultures" and 2) "Moldova: Vigorous Heritage and Variegated Traditions: Poems, Essays, Stories, and Speeches". His work examines his inter-cultural observations and experiences.